Seven things you don't know about daylight saving time

Baltimore Sun

No. 1: Blame war, not farmers for Daylight-Saving Time On March 19, 1918, Congress finally passed the Standard Time Act, and at the same time placed the country on daylight-saving time. Many have thought that daylight-saving time was designed to give farmers extra time to work in their fields and that it was an aid to productivity, especially during wartime. Actually, daylight-saving time was created to save energy in both World War I and II.

No. 1: Blame war, not farmers for Daylight-Saving Time On March 19, 1918, Congress finally passed the Standard Time Act, and at the same time placed the country on daylight-saving time. Many have thought that daylight-saving time was designed to give farmers extra time to work in their fields and that it was an aid to productivity, especially during wartime. Actually, daylight-saving time was created to save energy in both World War I and II. (Baltimore Sun)

No. 2: Baltimore and other cities had opted out for years Just because Congress enacted Daylight Savings Time in 1918 didn't mean everyone stuck with it. Baltimore, for one, spent the thirties not saving any daylight. On the morning of April 27, 1948, daylight-saving time finally came to Baltimore permanently after years of indecision and false starts. The transition went relatively smoothly, although there were a number of reported tardinesses at church services that Sunday and latenesses for work the following day.

No. 2: Baltimore and other cities had opted out for years Just because Congress enacted Daylight Savings Time in 1918 didn't mean everyone stuck with it. Baltimore, for one, spent the thirties not saving any daylight. On the morning of April 27, 1948, daylight-saving time finally came to Baltimore permanently after years of indecision and false starts. The transition went relatively smoothly, although there were a number of reported tardinesses at church services that Sunday and latenesses for work the following day. (Baltimore Sun)

Loathed in the spring and welcomed in the fall, modern stressed-out Americans have a complicated relationship with the bi-annual time shift that is daylight saving time. It has been around since 1918, but it's still as misunderstood as ever. Here are seven facts about daylight saving time that may surprise you.